“…The hydrophosphorylation of Schiff bases with dialkyl phosphite, which can be considered as a Pudovik reaction applied to azomethines, or a Kabachnik-Fields reaction, can be performed in two separate steps with isolation of the intermediate imine, or in one pot, 24 all components being added at once, and in both cases the mechanism of this reaction remains unclear. 25,26 This hydrophosphorylation step was run in the presence of an excess of dimethyl phosphite used as solvent, as previously described for other PPH dendrimers in homogeneous conditions. 27 All materials were fully characterized by FTIR and 13 C, 31 P and 29 Si MAS NMR spectroscopies, which gave complementary information.…”